September Breakfast Wrap Up and Raffle Prize Winner

It was a packed house at the office of Kagan Law Group on Main Street for the Chamber’s September breakfast meeting. About 35 members, new and old, gathered to get information on the fall and holiday season’s events and tourists activities that will impact village foot traffic and create business opportunities. Calendar dates for the events can be found at our community Event’s Calendar, here.

President, Eliza Starbuck of Flowercup Wine, walked everyone through the events and provided specific times, details, and contact info for the varies upcoming events. If you have questions or wish to reach out to the Chamber to volunteer or sponsor some of the upcoming events contact us at: info(@)coldspringnychamber.com.

John Scherer of Hop’s on Hudson, gave an outline of what their upcoming Harvest Beer and Cider Fest: promoting and inviting participants statewide, including tastings from over 30 of New York States craft breweries and cideries, placing fliers and posters in Metro North stations, pubs, and beer venues around the state, and offering raffle prize sponsorships to local businesses to promote at the event. The event is expected to draw thousands of visitors to Cold Spring on the afternoon of Saturday, October 27. If you are interested in being a promotional or raffle prize sponsor, you can contact John at: hopsonthehudson(at)gmail.com. We’d like to thank John for his generous offering of two free tickets to the event which was raffled off to our guests at the meeting. Christine Zouzias of Meraki on Main Street won.

Melissa Carlton of Houlihan Lawrence, who has organized the Cold Spring Halloween Parade for several years, explained what goes into the organization of the parade, including fundraising needs to cover the costs of candy and insurance for the event. The parade this year will also be on Saturday, October 27, gathering on St. Mary’s lawn at 4:00 p.m. and starting to march at 4:30 p.m.

Fran Merando Farnorotto of the Gift Hut, who is working with Archie Broady of Chapeau! to organize this year’s Cold Spring Aglow, outlined plans to invite local community leaders and organizations to help manage the luminary display and shared plans to collect donations and sponsorship funds and items for a giving program for local families in need. If you would like to participate or donate, please reach out to us at: info(at)coldspringnychamber.com.

Discussions focused on how members could support and sponsor the parade, Cold Spring Aglow, holiday lighting and the importance of storefront window decoration followed. We’d like to thank everyone who joined the conversation this month and look forward to seeing you next month at our October Evening Mixer, Thursday, October 24. Mark your calendars!